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My dad used to take the tubes to the supermarket to test them.
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New ones available to purchase if I really wanted one. Don't know that I do.
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06-22-2021, 04:51 PM | #2890 |
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When I was a kid my dad used to buy all our TVs used. We were poor. Didn't have a color TV til they had already been out for years.
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The family's first TV (a Stromberg Carlson) only had VHF channels 2 thru 13. When our hometown had a UHF station, channel21, go on the air, my Dad purchased a UHF tuner (channels 14-51)..it sat on top of the TV.
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Look at the hundreds we have now… and still nothing to watch. lol
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When you're disappointed that a favorite former watering hole is closing, then realize you haven't been there in over 30 years.
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![]() We also tested tubes for walk-in customers. Typically, they carried the tubes in a lunch sack. The smarter customers carefully labeled their tubes with masking tape and numbers. One memorable day, a fellow emptied his sack onto the counter, then pointed to a rather mangled aluminum "tube." Turns out, that was an electrolytic capacitor. He said that he had to use pliers to remove it. ![]() We generally discouraged customers going into our shop. At the entrance, we posted a sign that seemed to work pretty good: "DANGER! 500,000 Ω! ![]() ![]()
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I sold my pristine, in the original box, JVC QL-Y66F turntable last year for $1,200. I then sold off most of my album collection for $5 to $50 per album.
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My mom let me stay in my pajamas and play around in the house on a weekday while she watched a funeral procession on TV, JFK.
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We electrocuted out hotdogs on the dinner table with a wicked device dad made in high school shop. Dad said, "Don't touch the spikes," so we didn't.
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